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enPresident Obama Talks Tech with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Others on Thursdayhttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/president_obama_talks_tech_apple_ceo_steve_jobs_others_thursday
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/obama_steve_jobs_200px.png" alt="President Obama and Steve Jobs" width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />Despite his recent medical leave, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to join other titans of technology at a business leaders event with President Barack Obama in San Francisco on Thursday night.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/16/apples_steve_jobs_to_meet_with_president_obama_on_thursday.html" target="_blank">AppleInsider is reporting</a> that President Barack Obama is heading to San Francisco on Thursday, where we will reportedly join outgoing Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, who was recently named chairman of the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.<br /><br />“The president and the business leaders will discuss our shared goal of promoting American innovation, and discuss his commitment to new investments in research and development, education and clean energy,” a White House official said, <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/02/steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidt-to-meet-with-president-obama-thursday-in-san-francisco.html" target="_blank">following up on an ABC News story </a>about the meeting.<br /><br />This isn’t the first meeting for President Obama and Steve Jobs -- the pair met back in October to “discuss the U.S. technology industry and the economy,” and in December, Obama hailed Jobs as an “impressive example of the American dream.”<br /><br />Apple CEO Steve Jobs went on a medical leave in January, although he continues to hold his job title and is said to be “involved in major strategic decisions” working from his home.<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a><br /><br />(Image courtesy of WebGuild)</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/president_obama_talks_tech_apple_ceo_steve_jobs_others_thursday#commentsNewsCEOEric SchmidtMark ZuckerbergmeetingObamaPresident ObamaSteve JobsThu, 17 Feb 2011 13:40:05 +0000J.R. Bookwalter9963 at http://www.maclife.comApple To Hold Employee Town Hall Meeting for iPadhttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_hold_employee_town_hall_meeting_ipad
<!--paging_filter--><p> <img height="277" src="/files/u12635/AppleTownHallMeeting-ipad_large.jpg" width="380" /></p><p>Will Apple be holding an employee town hall meeting for the iPad, similar to the one held in 2007 for the iPhone?</p><p>According to <a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/01/28/meant.to.indoctrinate.workers.with.ipad.story/" target="_blank">MacNN</a>, Apple will hold a town hall meeting for employees where Steve Jobs is likely to talk about the iPad. Allegedly employees could received a perk of getting their hands on a free iPad. </p><p>Steve Jobs famously held a town hall meeting in 2007 where employees who had been with the company at least a year received a free iPhone. Jobs told employees that the iPhone would change the industry (and change it did). </p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_hold_employee_town_hall_meeting_ipad#commentsNewsApple Inc.CEOemployeemeetingSteve JobsTabletiPadFri, 29 Jan 2010 01:20:51 +0000Cory Bohon5886 at http://www.maclife.com